EP0651111A1 - Montage- und Haltevorrichtung eines Geländerholmes - Google Patents

Montage- und Haltevorrichtung eines Geländerholmes Download PDF

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EP0651111A1
EP0651111A1 EP94402418A EP94402418A EP0651111A1 EP 0651111 A1 EP0651111 A1 EP 0651111A1 EP 94402418 A EP94402418 A EP 94402418A EP 94402418 A EP94402418 A EP 94402418A EP 0651111 A1 EP0651111 A1 EP 0651111A1
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Robert Clauzet
Guy Saisset
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Alcan France SA
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01D—CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES, ELEVATED ROADWAYS OR VIADUCTS; ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES
    • E01D19/00—Structural or constructional details of bridges
    • E01D19/10—Railings; Protectors against smoke or gases, e.g. of locomotives; Maintenance travellers; Fastening of pipes or cables to bridges
    • E01D19/103—Parapets, railings ; Guard barriers or road-bridges
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F11/00—Stairways, ramps, or like structures; Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/18—Balustrades; Handrails
    • E04F11/181—Balustrades
    • E04F11/1851—Filling panels, e.g. concrete, sheet metal panels

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  • the present invention relates to a device for mounting and fixing a rail, in particular a horizontal railing, on a vertical stiffener for supporting this rail.
  • a railing especially for balconies, terraces, stairs or other similar constructions, is generally made up of a flat panel, made of transparent material or not, placed between two horizontal rails placed at the top and bottom of this panel, these heddles being themselves supported by vertical posts or stiffeners, located behind the panel and resting on the ground, so as to protect users from the vacuum beyond the railing.
  • the top and bottom rails of the railing may include, instead of a solid or transparent panel, bars mutually spaced along the length of the railing, these panels being embedded in the rails at their ends, their spacing being limited, in accordance with the standards in force, in particular to a sufficient extent to avoid the passage between two successive bars of the head of a child.
  • the rails of the railing are fixed by joining them to solid support stiffeners, by means of external pliers, enveloping both the body of the stiffener and, simultaneously, the rail to be fixed. on it, which takes up the associated panel or bars.
  • Such pliers generally consist of two parts, one in the form of a yoke engaged on the heald and the other having a tubular element which bypasses the stiffener. The clamping of the latter on the two rails of the railing is then carried out by means of pressure screws which are visible from the outside.
  • Another solution consists in using a casting piece immobilized on the front face of the stiffener and comprising an extension coming to engage in a groove of the stringer to be immobilized or vice versa comprising a groove in which engages a planar part of this stringer. But again, the assembly is clamped using screws visible from the outside, which affects the aesthetics and the presentation of the railing. In addition, the cost price of such assemblies is relatively high, due to the use of solid parts for the stiffeners and molded for the clamps.
  • the present invention relates to a device which avoids these drawbacks, thanks to the use of vertical tubular stiffeners associated with high and low beam support members, of very simple design, which provide both increased security in the maintenance of the railing panel or bars and great speed of assembly, with an overall appearance that is particularly satisfactory from an aesthetic point of view, the fixing of these members carrying the beams and their clamping on the stiffener being produced by means of a single screw housed inside this stiffener and which can then be completely hidden outwards.
  • the device considered, for mounting and fixing a horizontal railing rail with respect to a vertical stiffener, by means of a connecting member secured to the stiffener and supporting the rail is characterized in that the stiffener has a tubular structure, capable of receiving, in a horizontal through passage defined by openings of the same profile made opposite in its opposite walls, the connecting member having the shape of an elongated clamp whose the ends, when this clamp is placed in this passage, are symmetrical to one another with respect to the median plane of the stiffener, these ends outside the latter then being oriented towards the front of the stiffener so as to receive, in an open groove of the clamp, a flat blank forming part of the stringer to be immobilized, the clamp further comprising a central threaded bore whose axis is oriented substantially in the median plane of the stiffener and in which is engaged a screw accessible from the rear of the stiffener, so that the rotation of the screw bearing on the internal wall of the latter, by reaction exerts a displacement of the clamp according
  • the clamp has a semi-circular profile, the ends of the clamp, outside the stiffener, beyond the openings delimiting the passage through the stiffener in which it engages, each comprising a slot open upwards, the two slots being arranged in the same vertical plane, substantially tangent to the wall of the stiffener, in front of the latter.
  • each slot provided at the ends of the clamp has at its bottom an internal projection, suitable for receiving a raised rib possibly provided at the lower end of the flat blank of the heddle to be immobilized, carried by the clamp.
  • the clamp has in its middle part a notch whose width is substantially equal to that of the stiffener at the level of the openings delimiting the through passage where the clamp engages, so that, when the clamping thereof Ci under the effect of the screw that it supports, the edges of this notch come to cap the side walls of the stiffener, closing these openings.
  • each stringer comprises means for immobilizing a panel or parallel bars, arranged in front of the planar blank supported by the clamp.
  • the stiffener comprises an access hole in the head of the screw, formed in the rear part of this stiffener for the introduction of a tool for controlling the rotation of this screw.
  • the side walls of the stiffener each have a continuous groove, extending along a vertical generatrix arranged towards the rear of the stiffener so as to allow the mounting, in the manner of a clip, of the folded edges of a cover, masking the access hole at the head of the screw.
  • the reference 1 designates as a whole a railing, intended to be mounted on the edge of a flat support 2, constituted for example by the floor of a balcony, a terrace or a staircase , or by any other similar construction overlooking the void and which should be protected with regard to the latter.
  • Such a railing is in particular constituted, in a manner known per se, by a series of vertical stiffeners 3, suitably spaced along the length of the support to be protected, these stiffeners each comprising a support and fixing plate 4 on the support 2, by any conventional means (not shown), the detail of which is of little importance to the present invention.
  • the railing 1 includes, where appropriate, a handrail 5, extending horizontally by joining the upper ends of the various stiffeners 3, protection from the outside being ensured, in the example of embodiment shown in Figure 1, by means of a flat panel 6, here in transparent material, in one piece (or formed of adjacent panels as illustrated in Figure 6), arranged over most of the height stiffeners 3, this panel being supported by the latter by means of two also horizontal rails, respectively a low rail 7 and a high rail 8.
  • each stiffener 3 has a tubular section, as can be seen more particularly in the sectional views of Figures 3 to 6, each stiffener comprising, at the level of these heddles 7 and 8, a connecting member in shape of clamp 9, the structure and profile of which also emerge clearly from these Figures.
  • the stiffener 3 with tubular section notably comprises, in its opposite lateral faces, respectively 10 and 11, openings 12 and 13, arranged opposite and formed in the walls of the stiffener substantially at the level where each of the heddles 7 and 8 screws must be placed. vis-à-vis the latter, these openings delimiting from one to the other a through passage for the clamp 9, once the latter engaged in the latter.
  • the clamp 9 has a general profile in a semicircle, with a rectangular section in cross section, corresponding to the profile of the openings 12 and 13 through which the clamp is engaged in the passage made through the stiffener .
  • the section of the clamp 9 a different outline, provided that the latter can be easily introduced into this passage and that its ends, respectively 14 and 15, can be arranged, when the clamp is positioning and immobilized in position as described below, on either side of this stiffener, while being substantially symmetrical to one another, on each side of the vertical vertical plane of the latter, shown diagrammatically in Figures 2 to 6 under reference 16.
  • the dimensions of the clamp 9 are moreover determined so that its ends 14 and 15 are arranged, in the previous position, corresponding to FIGS. 5 and 6, slightly in front of the front face 17 of the stiffener 3, so that 'a flat blank 18, belonging to the horizontal rail 7 or 8 associated with this clamp, can be engaged in slots open upwards, respectively 19 and 20, provided in these ends 14 and 15, and furthermore is substantially tangent and practically in contact with this face 17.
  • the clamp 9 advantageously comprises, in the bottom of its open slots 19 and 20, an internal projection 21, in which engages a rib 22 provided at the lower end of the planar blank 18.
  • a rib may in particular be provided on the blanks of one and the other of the two beams 7 and 8, if necessary on only one of these, these ribs having essentially for purpose in the event of an impact on the panel 6 from the inside towards the outside of the railing, avoid that the heddles do not take off vis-à-vis the clamps 9, the rib 22 engaging against the upper part of the projection 21 by properly blocking the blank 18, thus prevented from coming out of the corresponding slots.
  • the clamp 9 furthermore comprises, in its central part, a notch 23, the width of which corresponds substantially to that of the stiffener 3, in line with the through passage formed therein between the openings 12 and 13 of its side walls 10 and 11 At the center of this notch is provided a tapped hole 24, in which a screw 25 engages, having at one end a groove 26 making it possible to control its rotation when the clamp is placed in the stiffener 3, in particular because of the engagement inside thereof of a tool (not shown) of the screwdriver type, introduced through an access hole 27 provided in the front face 28 of the stiffener, directed towards the interior of the guard body opposite its front face 17.
  • the width of the notch 23 is determined by construction, so that its internal edges, respectively 23a and 23b, are spaced a distance which corresponds to the width of the stiffener 3 at the rear part of the openings 12 and 13 in its side walls 10 and 11, so that the clamp 9 can slide slightly inside the through passage, these edges 23a and 23b partially covering the faces external of these side walls, in the position illustrated in Figure 6.
  • the screw 25 has, at its opposite end, a flat surface 29, capable of coming to bear on the internal wall of the front face 17 of the stiffener, by exerting on the clamp 9 a displacement effort towards the rear thereof, following the rotation of the screw.
  • the stiffener finally has, in its side walls 10 and 11, longitudinal grooves, respectively 30 and 31, extending along the height of the stiffener and intended to cooperate with the ends curved inward 32 and 33, of a cover exterior 34, capable of being thus placed against the stiffener in the manner of a clip, by masking its front face 28 and in particular the access hole 27 to the screw 25, at the level of the clamps 9 supporting the healds 7 and 8.
  • the clamps 9 are introduced into each of these stiffeners, at the locations corresponding to the fixing points of the bottom horizontal rails and high 7 and 8, by sliding each clamp in its through passage through the openings 12 and 13 formed in the side walls 10 and 11, these openings being here rectangular and corresponding to the cross section chosen for the clamp 9.
  • This longitudinal movement makes it possible to obtain a final blocking of the clamp 9, where the openings 12 and 13 are completely closed by the clamp itself, the flat blank 18 of each heald pressing simultaneously against the external wall of this same face 17, as illustrated in Figure 6, immobilizing the assembly.
  • clamping of the clamps and of the heddles which they support is carried out using a single screw, this being furthermore entirely masked in each of the stiffeners. Conversely, after removing the rear cover of the latter, access to the control screws can be easily obtained, allowing rapid and safe disassembly of the clamps.

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EP19940402418 1993-10-28 1994-10-26 Montage- und Haltevorrichtung eines Geländerholmes Expired - Lifetime EP0651111B1 (de)

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FR9312887A FR2711700B1 (fr) 1993-10-28 1993-10-28 Dispositif de montage et de fixation d'une lisse de garde-corps.
FR9312887 1993-10-28

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FR2857394A1 (fr) 2003-07-08 2005-01-14 Technal Poteau de support pour garde-corps

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FR1555761A (de) * 1967-11-21 1969-01-31
DE1684883A1 (de) * 1966-02-23 1969-11-13 Raetz Kg Aus Kunststoff-Teilen zusammengesetzter Zaun
CH506682A (de) * 1970-05-15 1971-04-30 Nicolet Alexandre Geländer, insbesondere Balkongeländer
FR2123879A5 (de) * 1971-02-01 1972-09-15 Scaramozzino Freres Paal
DE2657600A1 (de) * 1976-12-18 1978-06-22 Ver Glaswerke Gmbh Profilstabsystem fuer den aufbau eines mit glasplatten verkleideten gelaenders
FR2440486A1 (fr) * 1978-10-31 1980-05-30 Pichon Joseph Dispositif pour la fixation des lisses sur les poteaux-supports des barrieres ou glissieres de securite routiere
DE3303070A1 (de) * 1983-01-29 1984-08-02 Unibau Gebr. Schulte GmbH & Co, 5790 Brilon Gelaender- bzw. zaunartige begrenzung

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DE1684883A1 (de) * 1966-02-23 1969-11-13 Raetz Kg Aus Kunststoff-Teilen zusammengesetzter Zaun
FR1555761A (de) * 1967-11-21 1969-01-31
CH506682A (de) * 1970-05-15 1971-04-30 Nicolet Alexandre Geländer, insbesondere Balkongeländer
FR2123879A5 (de) * 1971-02-01 1972-09-15 Scaramozzino Freres Paal
DE2657600A1 (de) * 1976-12-18 1978-06-22 Ver Glaswerke Gmbh Profilstabsystem fuer den aufbau eines mit glasplatten verkleideten gelaenders
FR2440486A1 (fr) * 1978-10-31 1980-05-30 Pichon Joseph Dispositif pour la fixation des lisses sur les poteaux-supports des barrieres ou glissieres de securite routiere
DE3303070A1 (de) * 1983-01-29 1984-08-02 Unibau Gebr. Schulte GmbH & Co, 5790 Brilon Gelaender- bzw. zaunartige begrenzung

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FR2857394A1 (fr) 2003-07-08 2005-01-14 Technal Poteau de support pour garde-corps

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FR2711700B1 (fr) 1996-01-12
EP0651111B1 (de) 1998-05-13
ES2115898T3 (es) 1998-07-01

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